Renaissance Writers and Artists were mainly interested in studying
Greek and Roman Writings
Secular
Worldly
The development of printing and the use of the movable type in Europe resulted in
the rapid spread of ideas
The Renaissance began in Italy largely because
The Italian states had the money to support the arts
In, The Prince , Machiavelli says that a wise leader is
one who does whatever he has to do to stay in power
What did Dante, Castiglione and Shakespeare have in common?
They wrote in the vernacular language
The movement that has a profound effect on education
Humanism
An important feature of the Renaissance was a emphasis on
A spirit of questioning long held ideas
The first book that was printed on the printing press was
The Bible
What was a characteristic of Renaissance ideals
1) A stress on the accomplishments of individuals
2) The Emphasis on beauty and the goodness of people
2) The Emphasis on beauty and the goodness of people
A person who produces work in the vernacular is one who
writes in the local language
Humanist scholars differed from medieval thinkers in
that humanists
that humanists
tended to focus on worldly subjects
The age of great change marked be renewed interest in classical learning and the arts is called
Renaissance
What correctly describes the Renaissance
A time of creativity and political, social, economical, and cultural changes
Humanist scholars differed from medieval thinkers in that humanists
Tended to focus on more worldly subjects
Humanist educators stressed many things except
Practical tool making
Leonardo da Vinci was an excellent example of Renaissance Italy’s social ideal because he
was a painter, a sculptor , a architect , inventor , musician and mathematician
In Renaissance Italy, Patrons were
Wealthy people who supported the arts
Which Florentine master dissected corpses to learn how bones and Muscles worked
Leonardo da Vinci
The printing revolution meant that
An End to illiteracy in Europe
A financial supporter of the arts is called a
Patron
These rules helped Renaissance painters to create realistic art
Perspective
Erasmus called for the bible to be translated into the
Vernacular
One way that Renaissance artists reflected new ideas of humanism was by painting
Portraits of well known people of the day
Unlike Francis Bacon, Rene Descartes believed that the best road to understanding was through
Experimentation
In the 1600’s Robert Boyle’s work transformed the field of
Chemistry
The calculations of astronomer Johannes Kepler showed that
Earth spins alone at the center of the universe
